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Hiding her number under a different name

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AmberHiker · 26/06/2024 22:05

I’m going to try to keep this short. Husband is 45 works alongside a 20 year old 3/4 nights a week in a busy food place. In our relationship we set boundaries and he knows mine.

I noticed a message on the Apple Watch linked to his phone under a name I haven’t seen before . It was wrote to make me think this was a common Turkish name but I decided to WhatsApp check to see if it’s on there and up pops the profile photo of a young woman.

when he comes home I ask who this person is and he tells me a Turkish friend wanting to know a good chiropractor hence the message ) it was about that ) and I say really? It’s only when I say I ran the number through WhatsApp he says it’s the girl from work. He said I saved it under a fake name as I knew you would go mad . He has previous for seedy internet usage liking porn photos on public profiles alongside this visiting women’s profiles sometimes on Facebook. I thought it was all done with

I explained you knew my boundaries and you know the issues we have so why would you add her and hide who it is simply to be able to recommded a chiropractor? I couldn’t see any previous messages due to issues between the watch and his phone. Couldn’t you have just told her when she’s next to you at work!

of course I’m controlling I’m paranoid I want him to be a ‘ vegetable ‘ in terms of social media usage as I raised the fact last week he was back visiting random female profiles combined with this … I asked him two logical questions of which he responded don’t know too

1- if you knew it was crossing a boundary and she’s 20 your 45 and wouldn’t have a friendship why go to the effort of taking and hiding her number In your phone id you knew the reaction you would get

2 - why are you looking at random female profiles on Facebook all with a common theme - they are in sexy dressed or bikinis

He has told me I’m wrong I’m paranoid it’s all me and refused to talk to me this morning and won’t acknowledge what he’s done or see it from my point of view

quite telling to me I did send her a WhatsApp as he had her under a random name and simply said ‘ hi who is this xx ‘ she read it and hasn’t replied . My profile shows my name and our son so I think she would know who I am.

im sick to the very back teeth of being with someone who when I confront them I’m shouted at then like today he’s gone no communication with me like I don’t exist including not responding to a text his son sent him about a school event in the morning

honesty us important to me he knows this yet once again he’s lied to my face

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MissedItByThisMuch · 26/06/2024 22:25

Of course he wouldn’t set up a fake name just to recommend a chiropractor - there’s clearly more to it than that. But he’s already ignoring your boundaries around women online and gaslighting you about it. Doesn’t sound like he’ll change so your options are accept this behaviour or leave.

Lostworlds · 26/06/2024 22:22

Sorry op but I agree with the others. I’m not one to say ltb but at this point there’s no trust in the relationship and it seems unlikely to come back.

Not only is he sulking but ignoring your son is ridiculous and unforgivable in my opinion.

CheekyHobson · 26/06/2024 22:22

Plus why can't he be friends with a female in her 20s I have friends of the opposite sex from 25 to 94! He works with her so it's not unreasonable he has her number, I've got all my colleagues numbers male and female.

A 45-year-old man has nothing serious in common with a 20-year-old girl, don't be ridiculous.

And frankly it's weird to have ALL your colleagues' numbers unless you work in a very small company. I have the contacts of my close team members, and nobody else. And I wouldn't be angling to form an outside-of-work relationship with even female colleagues half my age as it's unprofessional.

Winnits · 26/06/2024 22:21

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CheekyHobson · 26/06/2024 22:19

Honestly, just leave the fuckwit. There are so many red flags here it's ridiculous.

  1. He's lying to you
  2. He's using the classic manipulation tactic of massively exaggerating your reaction ("you'll go mad") and requests (making "please don't check out other women on Instagram" mean "has to be a vegetable") to make himself out as a victim
  3. He's calling you controlling and paranoid (yet weirdly not ending the relationship with you - wouldn't you end a relationship with someone you genuinely felt was controlling and paranoid?)
  4. He's stonewalling you - the silent treatment is a form of abuse
  5. He shouts at you - also a form of abuse
  6. He's a 45-year-old man forging a friendship with a 20-year-old girl. This is gross under any circumstances

It's not a healthy relationship.

G123456789 · 26/06/2024 22:18

You clearly don't trust him, but I suspect there's a back story "liking pornographic photos in a public forum" is an odd way of saying things and surely he wouldn't be so stupid to leave his name on porn pics?

Plus why can't he be friends with a female in her 20s I have friends of the opposite sex from 25 to 94! He works with her so it's not unreasonable he has her number, I've got all my colleagues numbers male and female.

She asked a perfectly innocent question. Why do you suspect the worst.

He's hidden her number because he knows you snoop and would go mad because he's got a female friend

AmberHiker · 26/06/2024 22:11

When I sent the whattsapp I didn’t know who it was ! I would never use my son as a weapon he’s the reason I’ve held on so long

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Screwballs · 26/06/2024 22:09

I say YABU as you clearly don't trust him, so why stay. Also, messaging the other women is a bit tapped, I wouldn't reply either if I was her, innocent or otherwise.

Also shitty of you to put that he didn't reply to a message "his" son sent him. It's both your son, your already using phrases that imply you'll be using your child as a weapon in a split.